Prior Service Air Force Requirements

As an Airman in the United States Air Force, you know what it means to be part of an elite military team.

You've combined the highest ideals of service with the use of the latest technology.

You’ve enjoyed a sense of personal accomplishment and achieved high goals on behalf of your country.

Now you can continue to serve—and join other former Airmen in your own community—when you join the Army National Guard. You can live at home, hold a civilian job or go to school, and still serve both your state and your country.

For U.S. Air Force personnel transitioning into the Army National Guard, the following requirements will apply:

Age

  • Minimum: Applicants must be at least 18 years old.
  • Maximum: Prior Service personnel enlisting into the Army National Guard may enter after age 35, if otherwise eligible based on prior Active or Reserve service computation and current enlistment standards. Reserve component enlistees must be eligible for non-regular retirement by age 60.

Physical

  • Applicants must meet height/weight and current medical requirements to join the Army National Guard.

Education

  • Prior Service applicants must meet the education standards for the MOS or option for which they are enlisting.

Background

  • Prior Service applicants must have a valid DD 214.
  • Applicants with two or more misdemeanors require a waiver.
  • Applicants may not have any felony convictions.

Dependents

  • Applicants must meet the current dependency criteria standards.

Rank and Basic Training

  • All USAF personnel (including Reserve components) who have not completed Army or Marine Corps Basic Training will be required to attend Army Basic Combat Training (BCT). The only exceptions will be PS USAF Special Operations (SPECOPS) and USAF Security Police personnel.
  • Applicants with a break in service of over 10 years must re-take the ASVAB and attain the qualifying score for the MOS in which they will be enlisted per DA PAM 611-21.

Benefits vary state to state; check with your local recruiter or Reserve Component Career Counselor (on Active Duty posts), or click on the Join the Guard button below for the most up-to-date information.

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